All Legal articles – Page 52
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CommentEyes wide shut
Companies have been ignoring applications for payment for decades even though doing so invariably lands them in a whole heap of trouble
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CommentManaging the risk structure
What happens when a design under an EPC contract is not negligent but adds expense to the project? This case explores where liability for the additional cost might lie
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CommentFinal certificates: It’s not over yet
Challenges to a final certificate through the courts or by arbitration are straightforward but if a contractor challenges via adjudication then procedural mishaps can occur
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CommentCDM regs: Two steps back
As a member of the working party that drafted the 2007 CDM regulations, Rudi Klein explains why the 2015 update represents a retrograde move for the construction industry
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NewsCompulsory purchase submissions rise 61% in 2014
Bond Dickinson research also reveals 95% success rate of CPOs since 2012
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NewsCheesegrater bolt problem costs Severfield £1m
Steel contractor’s bolt replacement programme on Rogers tower to continue until end of the year
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NewsHolcim and Lafarge mega-merger back on track
European building materials giants overcome differences and agree new merger terms
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NewsSMEs 'discriminated against' in EFA framework
National Federation of Builders urges Education Funding Agency to scrap regional schools framework
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NewsContractor Speller Metcalfe warns of invoice fraud
Fresh wave of invoice fraud hit contractor Speller Metcalfe after bogus letters sent to clients
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CommentInfrastructure Bill: More moral fibre, please
The government has withdrawn amendments that would have made life less risky for those introducing broadband fibre. The onus is on developers to act themselves
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CommentICC: There’s a new guy in town
Many employers procuring civil engineering projects have turned to the NEC reluctantly and for want of any alternative. Now the ICC has positioned itself as a genuine rival
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NewsBlacklisting campaigner loses appeal against Carillion
Judges accept former union rep was blacklisted, but upholds previous High Court ruling
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NewsSittingbourne's new £46m town centre approved
Green light for seven-screen cinema and 215 new homes
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NewsRIBA slams proposal to water down DECs policy
RIBA responds to government consultation on plans to exempt some public buildings from DECs
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CommentCDM regs: Is this change we can believe in?
Some think CDM 2015 will make confusing and costly changes but the HSE believes the new regulations will streamline health and safety in practice
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CommentCDM regs: Re-writing health and safety
Revised CDM regulations that come into force in April look to improve those published in 2007. Familiarise yourself with the new rules, but remember they could still change
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NewsCollapse of GB firms will hit over a dozen major projects
£32m Old Oak student scheme and Knight Dragon’s Greenwich Peninsula apartments amongst schemes affected
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CommentTorch tower: Burning questions
A blaze that ripped through the Torch tower in Dubai could have major legal and cost implications for skyscraper fire safety in the UAE
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NewsGB Building chairman breaks silence
Martin Smout insists firm ‘remains hopeful’ of avoiding administration